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British Cast Plate Glass Company

Nationality:  British

Brief Bio:  1773-c1876

Notes:  In 1773 the British Cast Plate Glass Company was set up by Act of Parliament with a capital of £40,000. By 1786 the company's huge works at Ravenhead, near St. Helens, was built and the first domestic plate glass cast.


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Agreement for erecting a steam engine at Ravenhead near Prescot in County of Lancaster
Indenture of agreement
Boulton and Watt; Herbert Mackworth; British Cast Plate Glass Company
1788 Sept 1
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